1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

none January 2019 January 2019 1950 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1945 23 February 1950 1951 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1951 All 12 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons 77.4% (10.0 pp) Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png 120 120 160 0 0 Sir Basil Brooke, Bt Ulster Unionist Party Conservative Party (UK) 1943 Did not stand 10UUP Includes 2 members elected unopposed. 1 352,334Contest Voting took place in 10 of 12 seats. The other MPs were unopposed. 62.8% 4.6 pp Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James McSparran 1945 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Did not standMcSparran sat as the MP for Mourne in the Northern Ireland Parliament. 2 65,211Contest 11.6% 0.4 pp On 23 February 1950, the 1950 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 625 members of the House of Commons, including the 12 Northern Ireland seats. The Representation of the People Act 1948 reorganised constituencies. As a result of the Act, all Members of Parliament, including those in Northern Ireland, were to only be elected single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, ending the two-seat constituencies which had been in place till then. The university constituency of Queen's University of Belfast was also abolished. In the election as a whole, the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee as Prime Minister was returned with a narrow majority, while the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, led by Sir Winston Churchill, continued in opposition. Candidates Affiliation CandidatesUlster Unionist Party 12Northern Ireland Labour Party 5Nationalist 2Irish Labour 2Independent Republican (Ireland) 1Sinn Féin 1Total 23 Results +Partyhttps://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1950.cfm Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 1950 ElectionsIreland.org 12 January 2019 12 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195028/https://electionsireland.org/results/general/ni/1950.cfm livehttps://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw50.htm The 1950 Westminster Elections in Northern Ireland ARK: Northern Ireland Elections 19 January 2019 26 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181226143206/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw50.htm live SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference Ulster Unionist Party 10 1 0 1 83.3 352,334 62.8 4.6 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 2 0 0 16.7 65,211 11.6 0.4 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 0 0 — 67,816 12.1 0.3 Irish Labour 0 colspan="3" New — 52,715 9.4 New Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 colspan="3" New — 21,880 3.9 New Sinn Féin 0 colspan="3" Did not stand in 1945 — 1,482 0.3 Independent Unionist 0 colspan=2 1 — 0 0.0 7.5 Independent Labour 0 colspan=2 1 — 0 0.0 6.7 Commonwealth Labour Party 0 colspan=2 — 0 0.0 3.1 Total 12 1 100.0 561,438 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 866,421British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 77 0333197348 1976 77.4https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 10.0 MPs elected Constituency Party MPAntrim North Ulster Unionist PartyHugh O'NeillAntrim South Ulster Unionist PartyDouglas SavoryArmagh Ulster Unionist PartyRichard HardenBelfast East Ulster Unionist PartyAlan McKibbinBelfast North Ulster Unionist PartyH. Montgomery HydeBelfast South Ulster Unionist PartyConolly GageBelfast West Ulster Unionist PartyJ. G. MacManawayDown North Ulster Unionist PartyWalter SmilesDown South Ulster Unionist PartyLawrence OrrFermanagh and South Tyrone Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Cahir HealyLondonderry Ulster Unionist PartySir Ronald Ross, BtMid Ulster Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)Anthony Mulvey Notes See also 1950 United Kingdom general election in England 1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1950 United Kingdom general election in Wales References 1950 Category:1950 elections in Northern Ireland #Northern Ireland